How to check RAM speed, type and capacity of RAM

October 2022 · 3 minute read

Sometimes you want to know the speed and type of system memory (RAM) just installed on your computer without opening the case or installing third-party software, so what to do? This article will show you a few different ways to check the type (DDR), capacity (GB) and speed (MHz) of RAM.

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  • 1. Check the capacity and type of RAM in Task Manager
  • 2. Check the type, capacity and speed of RAM in Command Prompt
  • 3. Check the amount of RAM in Settings
  • 4. Check the amount of RAM in the Control Panel
  • 5. Check the amount of RAM in System Information

    • 1. Check the capacity and type of RAM in Task Manager

    Step 1 . Open Task Manager in More details .

    Step 2 . Click on the Performance tab and click on Memory .

    Step 3 . Here, you will see the capacity (eg 32.0 GB) and the type of RAM (eg DDR3) in the top right corner.

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    2. Check the type, capacity and speed of RAM in Command Prompt

    Step 1 . Open Command Prompt.

    Step 2 . Enter the following command into Command Prompt and press Enter .

     wmic MemoryChip get BankLabel, Capacity, MemoryType, Speed, Tag

    Or order

     wmic MemoryChip get / format: list

    Step 3 . You will see details about RAM here.

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    Memory information

    Describe

    BankLabel

    The location of the RAM chip is installed.

    Capacity

    Total capacity of physical memory in bytes

    MemoryType

    Type of RAM

    0 = Unknown

    1 = Other

    2 = DRAM

    3 = Synchronous DRAM

    4 = Cache DRAM

    5 = EDO

    6 = EDRAM

    7 = VRAM

    8 = SRAM

    9 = RAM

    10 = ROM

    11 = Flash

    12 = EEPROM

    13 = FEPROM

    14 = EPROM

    15 = CDRAM

    16 = 3DRAM

    17 = SDRAM

    18 = SGRAM

    19 = RDRAM

    20 = DDR

    21 = DDR2

    22 = DDR2 FB = DIMM

    24 = DDR3

    25 = FBD2

    Speed

    Physical memory speed calculated in MHz.

    Tag

    Unique socket identifier of physical memory

    3. Check the amount of RAM in Settings

    Step 1 . Open Settings and click on System .

    Step 2 . Click on About on the left and see the size of Installed RAM on the right.

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    4. Check the amount of RAM in the Control Panel

    Step 1 . Open Control Panel and click on System icon.

    Step 2 . See capacity in Installed memory (RAM) in the System section.

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    5. Check the amount of RAM in System Information

    Step 1 . Press Windows + R key to open Run , type msinfo32 in the search box and click OK.

    Step 2 . Click on System Summary on the left and see the capacity in Installed Physical Memory (RAM) on the right.

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    I wish you all success!

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